- WNBA collective bargaining agreement deadline passes without new deal
Source: USA Today
“Many deadlines related to WNBA collective bargaining agreement have come and gone as negotiations between the league and players’ union have stretched across months, but none are more important than Tuesday. The league said Tuesday, March 10, is the date a term sheet for a new CBA must be completed in order to avoid a delay in the start of the 2026 season, which is scheduled to tip off May 8. There’s been movement from both sides as the deadline approached as the WNBA and WNBPA swapped counterproposals over the weekend. But, as of Tuesday morning, there is no deal.” (03/10/26)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2026/03/10/wnba-cba-deadline-what-we-know/89074624007/
- Cuba: Regime pharmacy accused of dispensing expired HIV drugs
Source: United Press International
“Patients living with HIV in Havana reported receiving expired antiretroviral medications at state pharmacies as the health system faces supply shortages and difficulties monitoring patients’ conditions. Activist Evelyn Pineda, who lives with HIV along with her 10-year-old son, told Radio Martí that medications are often unavailable and that when they do arrive, ‘you go to pick them up and they are expired.’ … Workers at the state pharmacy located on Aranguren Street in Guanabacoa said the drugs are part of international donations intended for antiretroviral treatment. Staff said they can be consumed ‘as long as they remain sealed and the medication does not change color.'” (03/10/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/03/10/latam-Cuba-expired-HIV-drugs/6171773158153/
- Brazil: Bolsonaro Seeks Court Approval for Prison Visit by Trump Adviser
Source: US News & World Report
“Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have asked the country’s Supreme Court to allow Darren Beattie, who was recently tapped by the Trump administration for a senior advisory role overseeing Brazil, to visit him in prison next week, a document showed on Tuesday. Bolsonaro began in November to serve a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup against his successor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated him in the 2022 presidential election. … Beattie, a critic of Brazil’s current government, was appointed to the position shaping U.S. policy toward Brazil last month, a move that suggested relations between the two countries remain delicate despite a recent rapprochement. In August, Beattie provoked a diplomatic incident after describing Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes in an X post as ‘the key architect of the censorship and persecution complex directed against Bolsonaro.'” (03/10/26)
- Japan: 15 years after Fukushima meltdown, an innkeeper makes radiation surveys to revitalize her hometown
Source: SFGate
“Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted hometown in northeastern Fukushima. Kobayashi conducted her own radiation surveys before reopening the inn in 2016. Now, she and other monitors share radiation data as part of efforts to rebuild this once-bustling textile town. ‘These empty lots used to be filled with shops,’ Kobayashi says of the pre-disaster town as she heads to a radiation monitoring lab, walking past a kindergarten she attended as a child. It’s now used as a museum because there are too few children since the nuclear crisis. ‘There used to be businesses, community activity and children playing,’ she says. ‘We used to live our ordinary daily lives here, and I hope to see that again.’ Only about one-third of Odaka’s pre-disaster population of 13,000 have returned over the past decade.” (03/10/26)
- Judge scolds Live Nation and Justice Department for secret settlement talks
Source: CNN
“A federal judge scolded attorneys for the Justice Department and Live Nation for secretly negotiating a settlement to resolve allegations the ticket giant operated as a monopoly while the trial was underway. Judge Arun Subramanian called the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, Omar Assefi, and Live Nation’s chief executive, Michael Rapino, into court Tuesday to answer questions after he was blindsided by the deal. On Monday the Justice Department and Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, announced they reached a settlement they said will benefit consumers by giving them more options and lowering prices. More than 30 state attorneys general are also part of the case against Live Nation, but said in court filings they were only given one day to decide whether to join the settlement.” (03/10/26)
- SpaceX Weighs Nasdaq Listing As Valuation Targets 1.75 Trillion Dollars
Source: Business World
“Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering listing its shares on the Nasdaq as the rocket and satellite company explores options for a future public offering that could rank among the largest in history. People familiar with the discussions said the company is evaluating the technology focused exchange for its potential debut, although plans remain under consideration and have not been finalised. As part of the preparations for a possible listing, SpaceX has also explored the possibility of securing early inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index. The index tracks some of the largest non financial companies listed on the Nasdaq and is closely followed by institutional investors worldwide. Early entry into the index could significantly boost demand for the company’s shares because index funds and exchange traded funds that track the Nasdaq 100 would be required to add the stock to their portfolios.” (03/10/26)
- Poland: Nawrocki refuses to sign law to tap 44 billion euros in EU defense loans
Source: SFGate
“Polish President Karol Nawrocki refused Tuesday to sign a law enabling Poland to access almost 44 billion euros in preferential defense loans facilitated by the European Union, claiming it would be wrong to make Poland more dependent on Brussels. Instead, the president proposed an alternative draft law suggesting national resources that could be used instead of European loans to pay for further investments in defense. Subsequent Polish governments have boosted Poland’s defense spending since Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in 2022. But while the liberal government led by Donald Tusk is happy to coordinate efforts with the European Union, the nationalist president has proven more euro-skeptic and maintained a friendlier rapport with the Trump administration. Since taking office last year, Nawrocki has positioned himself as a main opponent of the influential prime minister, repeatedly vetoing laws proposed by the executive.” (03/10/26)
- DC Bar moves to sanction Ed Martin for DEI push
Source: Politico
“A senior Trump administration official is facing the ire of the Washington, D.C., Bar for his role in President Donald Trump’s push to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in U.S. universities. The DC Bar filed disciplinary charges against Ed Martin, formerly the acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, stating that he threatened to withhold funding from Georgetown University’s Law Center and barred his staff from hiring its students in a bid to punish the institution for its DEI practices — a violation of the First Amendment, the DC Bar said. ‘Acting in his official capacity and speaking on behalf of the government, he used coercion to punish or suppress a disfavored viewpoint, the teaching and promotion of ‘DEI,’’ Hamilton Fox, disciplinary counsel for the DC Bar, wrote in a filing made public on Tuesday.” (03/10/26)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/10/dc-bar-sanction-ed-martin-dei-00821092
- Social Media’s Down Side: No Fresh Starts
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp“As humans, we’ve always found ourselves haunted by our past mistakes, both as a personal matter of guilt, shame, or embarrassment and as a communal matter of reputation (up to and including potential ostracism). On the latter front, I’m old enough — and I’m not THAT old — to remember a time when anyone but the most public of public figures could … move to another county and start over, among new neighbors who neither knew of, nor had any reason to suspect, their prior violations of social norms. Clean slates, and if they nailed the ‘sin no more’ part of ‘go and sin no more,’ new and better lives. … That kind of thing can’t really happen today … and for the last 20 years or so we’ve been watching what happens instead.” (03/10/26)
- Prostitution Should Be Decriminalized
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Laurence M Vance“A bill (SB26-097) was introduced in the second regular session of the Colorado General Assembly last month to decriminalize adult commercial sexual activity. … This is a bill that libertarians can unequivocally support. But not because libertarians think that prostitution is wholesome, good, and harmless, or because they don’t think that prostitution is immoral, shameful, and potentially dangerous. Libertarians simply believe that what consenting adults do on their own property, or on the property of others with permission, is none of the government’s business, none of the church’s business, and none of any individual’s business as long as their actions don’t infringe upon the personal or property rights of others. This is still true even if what consenting adults do is immoral, and even if the majority of Americans don’t approve of what they are doing.” (03/10/26)
https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/prostitution-should-be-decriminalized/
- I Think I Can Explain Trump’s Theory of Trade
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan“Donald Trump likes exports and foreign investment, and laments imports and trade deficits. Most economists find this a baffling bundle of preferences — and the more they know about international trade, the more baffled they are. Never mind the truism that the whole point of exports is to buy imports. Doesn’t Trump know that getting more foreign investment raises trade deficits by definition? How confused can you get? While I agree that Trump is terribly wrong about international trade, there’s a big difference between being wrong and being confused. While I doubt I’m ready to pass an Ideological Turing Test for Trumpian trade theory, I recently had a weird epiphany on the topic. After said epiphany, I feel capable of articulating roughly what Trump is thinking.” (03/10/26)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/i-think-i-can-explain-trumps-theory
- Interview With America’s Exiled Speech Dissident, Dimitri Simes
Source: Racket News
by Matt Taibbi“Dimitri Simes defected to the U.S. in the seventies and was a proud American for five decades, until he was criminally charged with a Soviet-style offense: being a journalist.” (03/10/26)
https://www.racket.news/p/interview-with-americas-exiled-speech
- The return-to-the-office trend backfires
Source: The Hill
by Gleb Tsipursky“Many business leaders think that a stricter return-to-office policy will cause a surge in productivity. But in reality, the data tell a different story. Across practitioner reports and peer-reviewed research, including a new report from the Institute for Corporate Productivity, organizations that commit to highly flexible models, including remote-first, report strong output, healthier engagement, and faster growth than mandate-driven peers. The newest practitioner evidence should give leaders confidence. In the institute’s Remote-First Organizations report, most leaders in remote-first firms say productivity remains high. A sizable share report that it is very high, even though the majority of these companies avoid invasive monitoring of employees. The research frames remote-first as a deliberate operating model anchored in trust, clarity and well-designed touchpoints, not a stopgap. Independent national data aligns with these practitioner insights.” (03/10/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5775420-remote-first-productivity-growth/
- The Urgent Search for an Alternative World Order
Source: The Nation
by Katrina vanden Heuvel“The Nation opposes Trump’s latest war, as do most Americans. But we are concerned that the response of many commentators to the Trump catastrophe is to hope for a return to a failed old order — a system of ‘rules’ and strategies so unpopular that voters have already rejected them. That naïve longing ignores the need for this country to take a new look at its place in the world.” (03/10/26)
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/alternative-foreign-policy-trump-wars/
- The Soft Disinformation Contagion
Source: Quillette
by Jorge Iniesta Cases“We live in a paradoxical informational landscape. Never before have citizens had access to such an abundance of data, expert commentary, real-time analysis, and historical context. The digital age promised a ‘Great Clarification,’ where the democratisation of information would serve as a universal solvent for ignorance. But despite this unprecedented availability, it has rarely been so difficult to form a coherent understanding of what is actually happening in the world. The problem is not ignorance in the classical sense. The contemporary public is not uninformed; on the contrary, it is hyper-informed.” (03/10/26)
https://quillette.com/2026/03/10/the-soft-disinformation-contagion-psychology-social-media-politics/
- Cocky Iran Hawks Forget the History of Blowback
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher“Bombing Iran may be the easy part. What hawks refuse to reckon with is everything that comes next.” (03/10/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/03/10/iran-hawks-forget-history/
- Our Long Road to War With Iran
Source: American Greatness
by Victor Davis Hanson“Until last year, for some 46 years, Iran enjoyed a North Korea-like reputation in the heart of the Middle East: always unpredictable, reckless, dangerous, inevitably to be nuclear, self-destructive, and nihilistic. All that said, was it really ever all that formidable? The mullahs came into power after the removal of the Shah and, subsequently, the interim secular socialists. They did so by taking American hostages, murdering opponents, executing former supporters, and transforming the most secular and modern of the Middle East Muslim nations into the most medieval that routinely hung homosexuals, adulterers, and almost anyone who questioned the authority of the ayatollahs. In other words, these were gruesome people, but they didn’t necessarily have a competent military.” (03/10/26)
https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/10/our-long-road-to-war-with-iran/
- Why the neutral interest rate cannot be established
Source: Cobden Centre
by Dr. Frank Shostak“Most commentators are of the view that what prevents the attainment of price stability is the deviation of the policy interest rate such as the federal funds rate from the neutral interest rate also known as the natural interest rate. The natural interest rate, it is held, is the one that is consistent with stable prices and a balanced economy. What is required then is that Fed policy makers successfully direct the federal funds rate towards the natural interest rate. … How is one to implement this framework of thinking? The main problem here is that the natural interest rate cannot be observed. How can one tell whether the market interest rate is above or below the natural interest rate?” (03/10/26)
https://www.cobdencentre.org/2026/03/why-the-neutral-interest-rate-cannot-be-established/
- Is the Panic About Iran Political, Practical, or Even Real?
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter“It’s been just over a week since the United States and Israel decapitated the despotic regime in Iran, and while it may seem longer – they have been attacking us for 47 years, almost unanswered – the idea that this will be a ‘forever war’ or even a prolonged event is absurd. If you are inclined to believe that and can actually see the future, slip me some winning lottery numbers, won’t you? Since you aren’t psychic, maybe calm down or stop lying. I had no idea how endangered strawmen were until I saw Megyn Kelly rolling several out every single day to avoid criticizing her ‘friend’ Candace Owens for accusing her other ‘friend,’ Erika Kirk, of being involved in the murder of her husband, among other things. What some people will do for success …” (03/10/26)
- Reassessing police de-escalation training: Evidence, gaps, and policy priorities
Source: Niskanen Center
by Robin S Engel & Jennifer Cherkauskas“In recent years, de-escalation training has become a key approach in law enforcement, providing officers with tactics, skills, and tools to better manage interactions with the public. This focus reflects growing community and law enforcement interest in resolving conflicts and handling challenging, often emotionally charged interactions with members of the public more effectively than in the past, particularly when encountering individuals in crisis. Proponents of de-escalation training argue that it equips officers with enhanced skills to resolve conflicts in highly confrontational situations without the use of force or less severe force (Oliva et al., 2010). Others, however, have raised concerns about the use of de-escalation tactics, suggesting that the training increases officers’ risk of injury by encouraging slower and less effective responses to potentially volatile situations than the operational responses of traditional policing …” (03/10/26)
- Trump’s alleged sexual assault of a minor: What we know and what’s still being hidden
Source: Popular Information
by Judd Legum“President Trump allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl who was trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein, according to documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last Thursday. The White House insists the allegations are ‘completely baseless’ and ‘backed by zero credible evidence.’ … Since the initial release of the documents, two important developments have bolstered the credibility of the alleged victim. This new information has received little national media attention.” (03/10/26)
- Nepal climbs its Everest of honesty
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff“In the thin Himalayan mountain air of Nepal, the unambiguous results of the March 5 national elections are breathing new vitality into hopes for clean and effective governance in one of the world’s least-developed nations. The relatively new Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has so far won about 74% of the 165 directly elected seats in the legislature. Its sweeping success positions Balendra Shah, the capital city’s youthful, antiestablishment mayor (and ex-rap star), to become prime minister. Nepal is the third South Asian country in recent years – after Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – to demand both democratic and generational change in political systems characterized by entrenched leadership, nepotism, and inefficiency. In all three nations, youth-led street protests resoundingly called for honesty and accountability, and ousted longtime political leaders, including – last September – Nepal’s four-term Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli.” (03/09/26)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0309/Nepal-climbs-its-Everest-of-honesty
- Wall Street Is Not the Problem with Housing
Source: Independent Institute
by Caleb Petitt“The Senate is set to consider the ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, or as Rand Paul calls it, ‘Path Toward the Destruction of Property Rights Act.’ The bill would limit institutional investors from buying certain single-family homes. Previously, President Trump issued an executive order to limit Wall Street from competing for homes with Main Street in the single family rental market (SFR). Institutional investors (investors with 100 or more properties) in SFRs have been unpopular for a while and have faced political opposition, particularly from the left, though now Republicans are the chief sponsors of the legislation. However, the extent of institutional investment in SFRs has been wildly exaggerated and the benefits from having them in the market are frequently ignored.” (03/10/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/03/10/wall-st-housing/
- Is the UK Still a Liberal Democracy?
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Ramesh Thakur“The distortion between voting shares and seats won by the various parties highlights a crucial flaw in the universal belief that ‘representative’ democracy based on free and fair elections delivers governments that the majority of citizens voted into power. For in reality, voters propose but electoral systems dispose who gets to form government. With the same voting shares, the distribution of seats on the treasury and opposition benches would be dramatically different across the various Western democracies.” (03/10/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/is-the-uk-still-a-liberal-democracy/
- Iran Is Not My Enemy
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger“Yes, I know that as an American citizen I’m expected to make Iran my enemy, given that after decades of brutal and deadly U.S. sanctions, the U.S. government has now launched a war of aggression on Iran. But that doesn’t make one whit of difference to me. Iran is still not my enemy, especially since the U.S. (and Israeli) war is immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional. My enemy continues to be the U.S. government, specifically the U.S. national-security state and its deadly and destructive policy of foreign interventionism, which are responsible for bringing about this deadly, destructive, immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional war.” (03/10/26)
- Even if team Trump wanted it, a military draft would be a fiasco
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Edward Hasbrouck“The option of conscripting Americans for military service in Iran may be ‘on the table’ but it won’t work. Here’s why.” (03/10/26)
- EVs Are Not the Answer to Oil Shocks
Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson“Investing in EVs does not correspond perfectly to less oil consumption.” (03/10/26)
https://thedispatch.com/article/china-america-oil-gas-electric-vehicles/
- Wars Abroad Lead to Suppression at Home
Source: The American Conservative
by Brandan Buck“President George Washington’s often-read but rarely heeded Farewell Address includes a passage that has remained perennially relevant in American life. Reflecting on the domestic costs of entangling alliances, Washington warned ‘Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second [reinforce] the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests.’ … This conflation is occurring again today, as supporters of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran have taken to accusing opponents of siding with the enemy.” (03/10/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/wars-abroad-lead-to-suppression-at-home/
- Sanders’s wealth tax dangles checks while torching the Constitution
Source: Fox News
by Jonathan Turley“‘Enough is enough.’ With those words, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders launched a push to impose a 5% annual wealth tax on America’s billionaires. With Rep. Ro Khanna, the legislation, ‘Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act,’ echoes the growing ‘eat-the-rich’ mantra on the left — seeking to replicate a disastrous push in California that has led to an exodus from that state and an estimated loss of $2 trillion in taxable assets. It is also flagrantly unconstitutional. Under the plan, Congress would target 938 billionaires to tap them for $4.4 trillion. That money would then be redistributed as a $3,000 direct payment to every man, woman and child in a household making $150,000 or less — $12,000 for a family of four. The timing of the move is telling.” (03/10/26)
- How Taxpayers Are Still Getting Screwed on Kristi Noem’s Big Beautiful Jet
Source: Mother Jones
by Nick Schwellenbach & Dan Friedman“Kristi Noem is out as Homeland Security Secretary, but a luxury 737 she has traveled on remains in government hands. That plane, reportedly dubbed the ‘Big, Beautiful Jet’ by DHS staffers, has been quietly leased to the department by a company linked to William Walters, a former State Department official who donated thousands of dollars to a pro-Noem political action committee. Walters owns a constellation of businesses that — despite a dearth of prior experience working for the government — won lucrative contracts with Noem’s DHS over the past year.” (03/10/26)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/kristi-noem-dhs-plan-737-salus-valkyrie/
- Collectivist Speak
Source: Pierre Lemieux
by Pierre Lemieux“Many people speak as if collectives were biological organisms who think and act like individuals.” (03/10/26)
- “To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain”
Source: Roads Go Ever On
by Bekah Graham“Six months ago today, conservative pundit Charlie Kirk was murdered …. I was nearly nine years old when the Columbine shooting happened. A year or two later, I picked up the book She Said Yes at my school’s Scholastic Book Fair (the best day of my school year). The story of Cassie Bernall — which claimed she was killed after being asked by one of the Columbine shooters if she believed in God — spread like a brush fire through the broader Christian community. Though it was very soon after debunked, it has never been fully extinguished. Cassie and Charlie appear to share only two things in common: they were both professing Christians, and they were both victims of horrific violence. But in death, they have acquired a third. Their stories are used to impress upon young Christians the importance of being willing to die for their faith.” (03/10/26)
https://bekahgwen.substack.com/p/to-live-is-christ-to-die-is-gain
- Thomas’s Confusion of Terms
Source: Law & Liberty
by Phillip W Magness“The Supreme Court has ruled against Donald Trump’s tariffs. In a sweeping and landmark decision, the court found by a 6-3 majority that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the president to impose tariffs by executive decree. Tariffs remain an Article I power of Congress under the US Constitution, a power that cannot be delegated away by speculative inferences from a vague statute that does not even mention the word ‘tariff.’ The Framers placed this power in the legislative branch for a reason: Tariffs are taxes, and the principle of ‘no taxation without representation’ provided a central rallying cry for the American Revolution. The decision has nonetheless drawn the ire of a number of conservatives, who otherwise appeal to history and the intentions of the Founders as a guiding principle for constitutional law.” (03/10/26)
- Advisory Opinions, 03/10/26
Source: The Dispatch
“What Are the Liberties Not in the Constitution?” (03/10/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/what-are-the-liberties-not-in-the-constitution/
- Rising, 03/10/26
Source: The Hill
“Shock Poll: Democratic Party super unpopular; voters hate Kamala, Newsom, AI, Iran.” (03/10/26)
- NPR Politics Podcast, 03/10/26
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“ICE is keeping tabs on American citizens.” (03/10/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/10/nx-s1-5742731/ice-is-keeping-tabs-on-american-citizens
- Ron Paul Liberty Report, 03/10/26
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Trump Team Talks Tough While Begging For An Off Ramp.” (03/10/26)
- Half the Answer, episode 70
Source: Liberal Currents
“Trent and Caitlin reconnect with journalist Walker Bragman to hash out the current state of the NIH and HHS, the ideologies that drive people to promote eugenics and science denial, and the childish nature of fascism.” (03/10/26)
- Compound Interest, 03/10/26
Source: Semafor
“Bilt’s Ankur Jain on solving the ‘four-banana problem’ and gamifying how, and where, we live.” (03/10/26)
- Trump Watch, 03/10/26
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“The Evil of Attacking Iran.” (03/10/26)
- Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, 03/10/26
- The Corbett Report, episode 494
Source: The Corbett Report
“Meet The Ellisons: Zionists, Technocrats, Moguls.” (03/10/26)
https://corbettreport.com/meet-the-ellisons-zionists-technocrats-moguls/
- The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, 03/10/26
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Accidentally Sabotages GOP’s 2026 Strategy in Two Crazed Tirades.” (03/10/26)
- Capital Record, episode 288
Source: National Review
“The Crazy Things People Say.” (03/10/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/the-crazy-things-people-say/